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* [[L. L. Zamenhof]]: [[Esperanto]] |
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* [[Holyas]]: [[Machbian]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ok.ru/group/70000008087514/topic/158258790645210|title=Odnoklassniki|access-date=2024-10-18}}</ref> |
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==Published fictional conlangers== |
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Revision as of 11:34, 18 October 2024
A conlanger /ˈkɒnlæŋər/ is a person who invents constructed languages (aka conlangs).
Professional conlangers
Individuals who have been hired to create languages.
- Victoria Fromkin - Paku (a.k.a. Pakuni)
- Paul Frommer - Na'vi, Barsoomian
- Madhan Karky - Kiliki
- Marc Okrand - Klingon, Vulcan, Atlantean
- Matt Pearson - Thhtmaa
- David J. Peterson - Dothraki, Valyrian, Kastithanu (Castithan), L'Irathi (Irathient), Indojisnen, Sondiv, Shiväisith, Lishepus, Trigedasleng, Noalath, Inha, Munja'kin
- Wolf Wikeley - Tho Fan
Published international-auxiliary conlangers
Conlangers who have created languages intended for international communication.
- Louis de Beaufront
- Léon Bollack
- James Cooke Brown
- Louis Couturat: Ido language
- George Boeree
- Alexander Gode
- Ján Herkeľ
- Lancelot Hogben
- Alex G. Igbineweka
- Otto Jespersen
- Francis Lodwick:[1] Common Writing
- Juraj Križanić
- Matija Majar
- Vojtěch Merunka
- Jackson Moore
- Charles Kay Ogden
- Giuseppe Peano: Latino sine flexione
- Kenneth L. Pike
- Waldemar Rosenberger
- Johann Martin Schleyer: Volapük
- Kenneth Searight: Sona
- Jan van Steenbergen
- Edgar de Wahl: Interlingue
- John Wilkins:[1] unnamed universal language
- L. L. Zamenhof: Esperanto
- Holyas: Machbian[2]
Published fictional conlangers
Conlangers whose work has been published in books or other media that they created:
- Richard Adams: Lapine, in Watership Down
- M.A.R. Barker: Tsolyáni for Tékumel
- Hector Berlioz
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Anthony Burgess: Nadsat in A Clockwork Orange and a prehistoric language in Quest for Fire.
- Samuel R. Delany
- Suzette Doctolero: Enchanta from the Encantadia Saga.
- Diane Duane
- Suzette Haden Elgin: Láadan, in the Native Tongue series
- Václav Havel
- Frank Herbert
- Hergé
- Robert Jordan: The Old Tongue in The Wheel of Time
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Barry B. Longyear
- George Orwell: Newspeak, in Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Christopher Paolini: The Ancient Language in the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon and its sequels)
- Lynne Sharon Schwartz: in The Writing on the Wall
- J. R. R. Tolkien: more than twenty languages including Quenya, Sindarin, Khuzdul; see Languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Karen Traviss: Mando'a in the Star Wars expanded universe
- Christian Vander
- Tad Williams: Higher Singing in Tailchaser's Song
- Gene Wolfe: Ascian in The Book of the New Sun
Other notable conlangers
Conlangers whose languages are neither international auxiliary languages nor part of popular media, but are nonetheless significant among enthusiasts, have amassed a notable amount of speakers, or do not fit in other categories:
- Sonja Lang: Toki Pona, a minimalist language which has gained a large following and several publications over the years since its creation in 2001.
References
- ^ a b Okrent, Arika (2009). In the land of invented languages : Esperanto rock stars, Klingon poets, Loglan lovers, and the mad dreamers who tried to build a perfect language (1st ed.). New York: Spiegel & Grau. ISBN 978-0-385-52788-0. OCLC 321034148.
- ^ "Odnoklassniki". Retrieved 2024-10-18.